60-Day Notice and Request for Comments; New Information Collection Request, 1670-NEW: SAFECOM Nationwide Surveys Generic Clearance, 9948-9949 [2021-03105]
Download as PDF
9948
Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 30 / Wednesday, February 17, 2021 / Notices
alternative methods for toxicity
screening. NTP welcomes nominations
of scientific experts for upcoming
panels. Scientists interested in serving
on an NTP panel should provide their
name and best form of contact to Megan
Rooney by email: NTP-Meetings@
icf.com.
The authority for NTP panels is
provided by 42 U.S.C. 217a; section 222
of the Public Health Service Act, as
amended. The panel is governed by the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, as
amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), which
sets forth standards for the formation
and use of advisory committees.
This peer review is being conducted
by a panel via a virtual meeting. Peerreview of future draft reports will be
conducted in accordance with
Department of Health and Human
Services peer-review policies (https://
aspe.hhs.gov/hhs-information-qualitypeer-review) and Office of Management
and Budget’s Final Information Quality
Bulletin for Peer Review (70 FR 2664,
January 4, 2005).
Brian R. Berridge,
Associate Director, National Toxicology
Program.
[FR Doc. 2021–03096 Filed 2–16–21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4140–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
[Docket No. CISA–2020–0005]
60-Day Notice and Request for
Comments; New Information
Collection Request, 1670–NEW:
SAFECOM Nationwide Surveys
Generic Clearance
Emergency Communications
Division (ECD), Cybersecurity and
Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA),
Department of Homeland Security
(DHS).
ACTION: Information collection, request
for comments.
AGENCY:
DHS CISA ECD will submit
the following information collection
request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995.
DATES: Comments are due by April 19,
2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by docket number CISA–
2020–0005, by one of the following
methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Please follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with NOTICES
SUMMARY:
VerDate Sep<11>2014
20:43 Feb 16, 2021
Jkt 253001
• Email: necp@cisa.dhs.gov. Please
include docket number CISA–2020–
0005 in the subject line of the message.
• Mail: Written comments and
questions about this Information
Collection Request should be forwarded
to DHS/CISA/ECD, ATTN: Eric Runnels
1670–NEW, 245 Murray Lane SW, Mail
Stop 0613, Washington, DC 20598–
0609.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the words ‘‘Department of
Homeland Security’’ and the docket
number for this action. Comments
received will be posted without
alteration at https://www.regulations.gov,
including any personal information
provided.
Docket: For access to the docket and
comments received, please go to
www.regulations.gov and enter docket
number CISA–2020–0005.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice may be made available to the
public through relevant websites. For
this reason, please do not include in
your comments information of a
confidential nature, such as sensitive
personal information or proprietary
information. If you send an email
comment, your email address will be
automatically captured and included as
part of the comment that is placed in the
public docket and made available on the
internet. Please note that responses to
this public comment request containing
any routine notice about the
confidentiality of the communication
will be treated as public comments that
may be made available to the public
notwithstanding the inclusion of the
routine notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric
Runnels, 703–705–6279, necp@
cisa.dhs.gov.
In 2006,
Congress passed Public Law 109–295,
which included SEC. 671. EMERGENCY
COMMUNICATIONS also known as the
‘‘21st Century Emergency
Communications Act of 2006’’. The
legislation established the Department
of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of
Emergency Communications, which was
re-designated in 2018 as the Emergency
Communications Division (ECD) within
the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure
Security Agency (CISA), to lead the
development and implementation of a
comprehensive approach to advancing
national interoperable communications
capabilities.
The following responsibilities were
established:
6 U.S.C. 571(c) requires the DHS
Secretary through the ECD Assistant
Director to:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
PO 00000
Frm 00044
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
(4) Conduct extensive, nationwide
outreach to support and promote the
ability of emergency response providers
and relevant government officials to
continue to communicate in the event of
natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and
other man-made disasters;
(13) develop and update periodically,
as appropriate, a National Emergency
Communications Plan under section 572
of this title;
(14) perform such other duties of the
Department necessary to support and
promote the ability of emergency
response providers and relevant
government officials to continue to
communicate in the event of natural
disasters, acts of terrorism, and other
man-made disasters; and
(15) perform other duties of the
Department necessary to achieve the
goal of and maintain and enhance
interoperable emergency
communications capabilities.
6 U.S.C. 572(a) requires the Secretary
in cooperation with State, local, and
tribal governments, Federal departments
and agencies, emergency response
providers, and the private sector,
develop not later than 180 days after the
completion of the baseline assessment
under section 573 of this title, and
periodically update, a National
Emergency Communications Plan.
Lastly, 6 U.S.C. 573 requires the DHS
Secretary to conduct an assessment of
Federal, State, local, and tribal
governments that defines the range of
capabilities needed by emergency
response providers and relevant
government officials, assesses the
current available capabilities to meet
such communications needs; identify
the gaps between such current
capabilities and defined requirements;
at least every five years.
These authorities in addition to DHS
responsibilities through Executive Order
13618 in the area of national security/
emergency providers’ communications
require a continuous examination of
nationwide emergency communications
capabilities.
The frequency and complexity of
emergencies are on the rise during a
time when technology is advancing at a
faster pace than any other time in
history. In order to perform these
statutory regulations, it is important to
understand the continuously changing
requirements of emergency response
providers and government officials at all
levels of government, evolving risks,
and the public safety community’s
ability to integrate new technologies
while also preparing for emergent
technologies. As a result, CISA is
seeking a PRA Generic Clearance to
allow for flexibility in implementing
E:\FR\FM\17FEN1.SGM
17FEN1
jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with NOTICES
Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 30 / Wednesday, February 17, 2021 / Notices
surveys that are relevant to the current
security environment.
To meet the statutory requirements of
6 U.S.C. 573, ECD conducts the
SAFECOM Nationwide Survey every 5
years to assess evolving capability needs
and gaps and track progress against
policy initiatives; status of strategic
plans; and major industry or market
shifts affecting the emergency
communications capability.
CISA ECD conducts a web-based
survey entitled the SAFECOM
Nationwide Survey, hereinafter referred
to as the SNS. The purpose of the survey
is to gather information to assess
available emergency communications
capabilities and identify gaps and needs
for emergency response providers to
effectively communicate during all
types of natural or man-made hazards.
CISA ECD uses the information
collected to complete a statutorily
mandated assessment and shares the
data with all stakeholders that have a
role in emergency communications. In
order to ascertain this information, the
SNS deploys four similar surveys across
the nation to various emergency
response disciplines at each level of
government—federal, state, territorial,
tribal, and local. The survey solicits
responses regarding issues affecting the
public safety community to determine a
jurisdiction’s level of operability,
interoperability and continuity and thus
their overall emergency
communications capability level. CISA
ECD analyzes the data collected from
this general survey to identify major
gaps and themes affecting emergency
communications across levels of
government. Additionally, this analysis
informs the development of
supplemental surveys tailored to
specific needs across the public safety
community, as well as future iterations
of the Nationwide Baseline
Communications Assessment (NCBA)
and National Emergency
Communications Plan (NECP).
The results from the most recent
surveys led to major updates to the
update of the NECP released in
September 2019. The NECP sets
strategic priorities for the entire Nation.
Additionally, the current collection
allowed CISA ECD to share reliable data
with emergency communications
partners at all levels of government
which assists them with: (1) Statewide
Communications Interoperability Plan
(SCIP) development, (2) Threat and
Hazard Identification Risk Analysis
(THIRA) development, (3) state-level
grant programs and guidance, (4) federal
grant applications assistance, and (5)
funding and resource sharing strategy
development.
VerDate Sep<11>2014
20:43 Feb 16, 2021
Jkt 253001
CISA ECD conducts SAFECOM
supplemental surveys. The surveys can
be conducted as focus groups, in-person
interviews, web- and paper-based. CISA
ECD uses the information collected to
complete statutorily mandated
requirements (6 U.S.C. 571(c), 572(a),
and 573) and shares the data with all
stakeholders with a role in emergency
communications. In order to ascertain
this information, the SAFECOM
supplemental surveys deploy topicspecific or targeted surveys across the
nation to various emergency response
disciplines at each level of government:
Federal, state, territorial, tribal, and
local. The surveys solicit responses
regarding targeted issues affecting all
public safety, emergency response
communities and/or specific subsets of
the SNS population. CISA ECD analyzes
the data collected from these
supplemental surveys to identify
changing requirements, mitigate risks,
and inform the data collected from the
5-year Nationwide Survey.
ECD uses electronic submission to
reduce the burden on respondents
including web-based surveys and
assessment tools, such as Survey
Monkey. Its target audience—mainly
first responders—is frequently
interrupted, have variable schedules,
and frequently work long hours.
Electronic submission provides a more
user-friendly interface, provides
anonymity to the users, ensures the
maximum response rate, eliminates
paper, printing, and postage costs along
with the need for data entry.
We will also utilize alternative
submission methods for both the SNS
and the supplemental surveys. An
Adobe PDF-fillable form which can be
returned via email to sns@cisa.dhs.gov,
direct emails with questionnaires
attached, an in-person surveys, focusgroups, and a paper copy that will be
mailed directly to the respondent(s)
requesting a hard copy. The paper copy
can be returned either via a prepaid
envelope, scanned and emailed to sns@
cisa.dhs.gov, and/or faxed to CISA ECD.
We anticipate that .5% of respondents
will utilize these alternative submission
methods.
OMB is particularly interested in
comments that:
1. Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
2. Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
PO 00000
Frm 00045
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
9949
3. Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
4. Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submissions
of responses.
Title of Collection: SAFECOM
Nationwide Surveys Generic Clearance.
OMB Control Number: 1670–NEW.
Frequency: Annually.
Affected Public: State, Local, Tribal,
and Territorial Governments.
Number of Annualized Respondents:
8,398.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 0.5
hours.
Total Annualized Burden Hours:
4,199 hours.
Total Annualized Respondent
Opportunity Cost: $168,298.74.
Total Annualized Respondent Out-ofPocket Cost: $0.
Total Annualized Government Cost:
$235,863.
Samuel Vazquez,
Acting Chief Information Officer, Department
of Homeland Security, Cybersecurity and
Infrastructure Security Agency.
[FR Doc. 2021–03105 Filed 2–16–21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 9110–9P–P
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
[Docket No. CISA–2020–0018]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Cybersecurity and
Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
Visitor Request Form
Cybersecurity and
Infrastructure Security Agency, DHS
ACTION: 60-Day notice and request for
comments; extension of Information
Collection Request: 1670–0036.
AGENCY:
The Department of Homeland
Security (DHS), Cybersecurity and
Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA),
Office of Compliance and Security
(OCS) will submit the following
Information Collection Request to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and clearance in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. The submission
proposes to renew the information
collection for an additional three years
and update the burden estimates.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted until April 19, 2021.
SUMMARY:
E:\FR\FM\17FEN1.SGM
17FEN1
Agencies
[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 30 (Wednesday, February 17, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9948-9949]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-03105]
=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
[Docket No. CISA-2020-0005]
60-Day Notice and Request for Comments; New Information
Collection Request, 1670-NEW: SAFECOM Nationwide Surveys Generic
Clearance
AGENCY: Emergency Communications Division (ECD), Cybersecurity and
Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Department of Homeland Security
(DHS).
ACTION: Information collection, request for comments.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: DHS CISA ECD will submit the following information collection
request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review
and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Comments are due by April 19, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number CISA-
2020-0005, by one of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
Please follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Email: [email protected]. Please include docket number
CISA-2020-0005 in the subject line of the message.
Mail: Written comments and questions about this
Information Collection Request should be forwarded to DHS/CISA/ECD,
ATTN: Eric Runnels 1670-NEW, 245 Murray Lane SW, Mail Stop 0613,
Washington, DC 20598-0609.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the words
``Department of Homeland Security'' and the docket number for this
action. Comments received will be posted without alteration at https://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided.
Docket: For access to the docket and comments received, please go
to www.regulations.gov and enter docket number CISA-2020-0005.
Comments submitted in response to this notice may be made available
to the public through relevant websites. For this reason, please do not
include in your comments information of a confidential nature, such as
sensitive personal information or proprietary information. If you send
an email comment, your email address will be automatically captured and
included as part of the comment that is placed in the public docket and
made available on the internet. Please note that responses to this
public comment request containing any routine notice about the
confidentiality of the communication will be treated as public comments
that may be made available to the public notwithstanding the inclusion
of the routine notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric Runnels, 703-705-6279,
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 2006, Congress passed Public Law 109-295,
which included SEC. 671. EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS also known as the
``21st Century Emergency Communications Act of 2006''. The legislation
established the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of
Emergency Communications, which was re-designated in 2018 as the
Emergency Communications Division (ECD) within the Cybersecurity and
Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), to lead the development and
implementation of a comprehensive approach to advancing national
interoperable communications capabilities.
The following responsibilities were established:
6 U.S.C. 571(c) requires the DHS Secretary through the ECD
Assistant Director to:
(4) Conduct extensive, nationwide outreach to support and promote
the ability of emergency response providers and relevant government
officials to continue to communicate in the event of natural disasters,
acts of terrorism, and other man-made disasters;
(13) develop and update periodically, as appropriate, a National
Emergency Communications Plan under section 572 of this title;
(14) perform such other duties of the Department necessary to
support and promote the ability of emergency response providers and
relevant government officials to continue to communicate in the event
of natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other man-made disasters;
and
(15) perform other duties of the Department necessary to achieve
the goal of and maintain and enhance interoperable emergency
communications capabilities.
6 U.S.C. 572(a) requires the Secretary in cooperation with State,
local, and tribal governments, Federal departments and agencies,
emergency response providers, and the private sector, develop not later
than 180 days after the completion of the baseline assessment under
section 573 of this title, and periodically update, a National
Emergency Communications Plan.
Lastly, 6 U.S.C. 573 requires the DHS Secretary to conduct an
assessment of Federal, State, local, and tribal governments that
defines the range of capabilities needed by emergency response
providers and relevant government officials, assesses the current
available capabilities to meet such communications needs; identify the
gaps between such current capabilities and defined requirements; at
least every five years.
These authorities in addition to DHS responsibilities through
Executive Order 13618 in the area of national security/emergency
providers' communications require a continuous examination of
nationwide emergency communications capabilities.
The frequency and complexity of emergencies are on the rise during
a time when technology is advancing at a faster pace than any other
time in history. In order to perform these statutory regulations, it is
important to understand the continuously changing requirements of
emergency response providers and government officials at all levels of
government, evolving risks, and the public safety community's ability
to integrate new technologies while also preparing for emergent
technologies. As a result, CISA is seeking a PRA Generic Clearance to
allow for flexibility in implementing
[[Page 9949]]
surveys that are relevant to the current security environment.
To meet the statutory requirements of 6 U.S.C. 573, ECD conducts
the SAFECOM Nationwide Survey every 5 years to assess evolving
capability needs and gaps and track progress against policy
initiatives; status of strategic plans; and major industry or market
shifts affecting the emergency communications capability.
CISA ECD conducts a web-based survey entitled the SAFECOM
Nationwide Survey, hereinafter referred to as the SNS. The purpose of
the survey is to gather information to assess available emergency
communications capabilities and identify gaps and needs for emergency
response providers to effectively communicate during all types of
natural or man-made hazards. CISA ECD uses the information collected to
complete a statutorily mandated assessment and shares the data with all
stakeholders that have a role in emergency communications. In order to
ascertain this information, the SNS deploys four similar surveys across
the nation to various emergency response disciplines at each level of
government--federal, state, territorial, tribal, and local. The survey
solicits responses regarding issues affecting the public safety
community to determine a jurisdiction's level of operability,
interoperability and continuity and thus their overall emergency
communications capability level. CISA ECD analyzes the data collected
from this general survey to identify major gaps and themes affecting
emergency communications across levels of government. Additionally,
this analysis informs the development of supplemental surveys tailored
to specific needs across the public safety community, as well as future
iterations of the Nationwide Baseline Communications Assessment (NCBA)
and National Emergency Communications Plan (NECP).
The results from the most recent surveys led to major updates to
the update of the NECP released in September 2019. The NECP sets
strategic priorities for the entire Nation. Additionally, the current
collection allowed CISA ECD to share reliable data with emergency
communications partners at all levels of government which assists them
with: (1) Statewide Communications Interoperability Plan (SCIP)
development, (2) Threat and Hazard Identification Risk Analysis (THIRA)
development, (3) state-level grant programs and guidance, (4) federal
grant applications assistance, and (5) funding and resource sharing
strategy development.
CISA ECD conducts SAFECOM supplemental surveys. The surveys can be
conducted as focus groups, in-person interviews, web- and paper-based.
CISA ECD uses the information collected to complete statutorily
mandated requirements (6 U.S.C. 571(c), 572(a), and 573) and shares the
data with all stakeholders with a role in emergency communications. In
order to ascertain this information, the SAFECOM supplemental surveys
deploy topic-specific or targeted surveys across the nation to various
emergency response disciplines at each level of government: Federal,
state, territorial, tribal, and local. The surveys solicit responses
regarding targeted issues affecting all public safety, emergency
response communities and/or specific subsets of the SNS population.
CISA ECD analyzes the data collected from these supplemental surveys to
identify changing requirements, mitigate risks, and inform the data
collected from the 5-year Nationwide Survey.
ECD uses electronic submission to reduce the burden on respondents
including web-based surveys and assessment tools, such as Survey
Monkey. Its target audience--mainly first responders--is frequently
interrupted, have variable schedules, and frequently work long hours.
Electronic submission provides a more user-friendly interface, provides
anonymity to the users, ensures the maximum response rate, eliminates
paper, printing, and postage costs along with the need for data entry.
We will also utilize alternative submission methods for both the
SNS and the supplemental surveys. An Adobe PDF-fillable form which can
be returned via email to [email protected], direct emails with
questionnaires attached, an in-person surveys, focus-groups, and a
paper copy that will be mailed directly to the respondent(s) requesting
a hard copy. The paper copy can be returned either via a prepaid
envelope, scanned and emailed to [email protected], and/or faxed to CISA
ECD. We anticipate that .5% of respondents will utilize these
alternative submission methods.
OMB is particularly interested in comments that:
1. Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
2. Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
3. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
4. Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submissions of responses.
Title of Collection: SAFECOM Nationwide Surveys Generic Clearance.
OMB Control Number: 1670-NEW.
Frequency: Annually.
Affected Public: State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Governments.
Number of Annualized Respondents: 8,398.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 0.5 hours.
Total Annualized Burden Hours: 4,199 hours.
Total Annualized Respondent Opportunity Cost: $168,298.74.
Total Annualized Respondent Out-of-Pocket Cost: $0.
Total Annualized Government Cost: $235,863.
Samuel Vazquez,
Acting Chief Information Officer, Department of Homeland Security,
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
[FR Doc. 2021-03105 Filed 2-16-21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 9110-9P-P